Friday, April 9, 2010

Welcome!

I do hope you will pull up a chair, and a nice cup of Snow Tea and take a gander through my recipes.

Allow me to introduce myself, I'm "SnoWhite" and I'm the chef here. I'm finishing up (literally... next Friday!!) my dissertation. My delightful cooking and life-long companion is Dr. "Frog Prince". He completed his PhD in October. We've been married from almost 3 years, and together have made strides to rid our home of pre-packaged foods.

The journey for me to find joy in my kitchen has been a long and bumpy one. And, it all started with one kiss.

Yep.

In fact, our first kiss.

After Frog Prince planted a tender kiss on my lips, I felt my throat start to swell shut. Frog Prince had eaten nuts before he kissed me... and, seeing as I'm allergic to nuts... that was a problem! We spent the rest of the evening in the emergency room where all the nurses laughed at the story these two young, embarrassed love birds had to tell.

The next day, I had to call my family and tell them the news. While concerned about my health and well-being, my dad found the whole situation quite humorous. In fact, he couldn't stop laughing.

A few days later, I received this little guy in the mail....

In case you can't read the tag, in my father's handwriting it reads: "Use caution when kissing, results may vary!"

Haha.

Hence why my hubby's name is "Frog Prince".

Everything turned out okay for me, but this "incident" spiraled me in to a world of fear -- fear that I couldn't eat anything or trust anyone with preparing foods for me to eat. So, I had to learn how to cook everything I wanted to eat. As I began to make my own bread, ice cream, crackers, granola and more, I learned I actually liked to cook.

Frog Prince and I were actually eating healthier by avoiding pre-packaged foods. Taking care of our family in the kitchen became something that brought me joy... and so my husband affectionately named me "SnoWhite".

I invite you along on this journey. You don't need to be a gourmet chef, or have a huge kitchen with every appliance in order to cook healthy, affordable meals for your family. All you need is a little sense of adventure.

This blog is a place for me to share wonderful recipes with you - ones our family loves, and ones I can't wait to try. I hope that you'll find some of what you're looking for here, and that you too will find joy in your kitchen!

46 comments:

Nice to meet you! Wow, congratulations on finishing up your dissertation! Goodness, I felt like I was losing patience with my 2 bachelor's degrees, I can't imagine how much work a PHD is. But if you have a passion for the subject that makes all the difference :)

What a great story for you two! Sorry, you ended up in the hospital though!! I love to cook as well and am trying hard to be better about not using pre-packaged foods. It's a hard habit to break for my 5 young boys though...but I"m working on it. Happy Party, nice to "meet you."

Just stopping by from the UBP at Five Minutes for Mom. I love your site and am subscribing to your RSS feed. I would appreciate it if you visited my blog and did the same! I'm looking forward to reading more and getting to know you better.

I have been reading and following your blog for a while and love it. It is one of my favorites and I have a link to yours on my blog. Your recipes are well loved in our family. Just this week we had broccoli cheese soup (with a little variation substituting milk for the chicken broth which I did not have) and the brown rice casserole with polkasa kielbasa (which I also altered to what I had on hand- adding shrimp;) ) So, anyhow, I too, am on this journey with you in making everything from scratch and refer to your blog almoxt daily.

Christina - xristya@rock.com - My niece Sarah is also allergic to nuts, and has had similar experiences! I'm a non-blogger (but a blog READER)here for the UBP who's a poet, artist, journalist, did a local TV series on the arts, and am now reviewing for http://www.movieroomreviews.com and http:/www.musicroomreviews.com, the ones that say Written by Christina on the top and the bottom of the review!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and sorry to hear about the nut allergy. It can be a pain (literally). I love the whole idea of non processed foods. My daughter and I are slowly working towards that. I will definatly follow for recipe ideas!

I LOVE that you have changed your ways. My husband and I are working on similar. We really let ourselves go in the food department - eating what was easy, fast, etc. and really, it just makes things more difficult for us later on (esp health wise!).

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I've been to your blog several times before and I really enjoy it. I've become a follower and I know I'll definitely be back! I love seeing others that are on the same page as me! :)

I have followed your blog for a long time and have made many of your recipes. My son has ADHD and it is sensitive to many food additives. Your recipes and upbeat attitude toward healthier eating has made our journey so much easier and more enjoyable. Thanks from a grateful mom!

Thanks for visiting my blog (Secrets of a Southern Kitchen). As a gal raised in the southern tradition of many of my friends marrying straight out of high school, I was the ripe old age of 25 before I married--so I often tell people that I had to kiss a lot of frogs before I found my handsome prince. Glad you found your's!

Hi, nice to meet you! Great "Party"! Hope your having fun at the UBP, I know I am! Here is my Party Post, come on over and make yourself at home!http://www.mrs-marine.com/2010/04/2010-ultimate-blog-party.html

Love that first kiss story and isn't it neat where it went from there? I found your blog from the UBP at 5 minutes for MOM. I am coming back to check out the recipes. I am finding JOY in my kitchen again simply by getting back to cooking! We are empty nesters during the school year-one daughter in college the other married with a baby (first grandchild!). I don't have a blog yet but I am on the board of www.powerofmoms.com. Hope to start a Grandma section! Come visit us for great tips and "mom-spiration).

I am here from the UBP. I am now following your blog because I share many of the interests in making our own food. My husband is a farmer and we grow most of what we eat and I make/bake the rest. Stop by sometime!http://adventuresinallthingsfood.blogspot.com

When cooking, please make sure to follow kitchen hygiene and safety -- cook meat until internal temperature is at safe levels, always check labels for allergens, and use caution in the kitchen -- I love sharing recipes, but I am not liable for damages done as a result of trying these recipes.